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Heavy snow disrupts traffic on China-Nepal highway
Beijing, Feb 9 (IANS) Heavy snow Thursday halted traffic on a section of the China-Nepal highway, which links southwest China's Tibet autonomous region and Nepal, said traffic officials. According Zhao Chun, in charge of road maintenance work in Nyalam county, the section of the road, connecting the Nyalam county and Zhangmu township and located along the border between the two countries, was blanketed

55 rescued from snow-hit Tibet highway
A total of 55 people stranded on China's Xinjiang-Tibet highway since Tuesday following heavy snowfall have been rescued, a rescue team official said Thursday.

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1,300 exploited kids rescued in China
As many as 1,332 children belonging to China's Xinjiang region who were lured by criminal gangs to larger cities and forced into petty crimes like stealing have been tracked down and rescued, officials said Sunday.

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Chinese police kill seven kidnappers, free hostages
Police fatally shot seven kidnappers during a hostage rescue mission in northwest China Wednesday night, authorities said Thursday.

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China finishes sequencing Genghis Khan descendant's genome
China said Sunday that it has finished sequencing the genome of a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.

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China vaccinates 9 million amid polio outbreak
Chinese health authorities have vaccinated more than 9 million people in a far western region against polio amid an outbreak of the disease that has paralyzed 17 people and killed one of them.

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